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P. H. UNSINGER.

SAFETY RAZOR'.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. |919.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

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PHILIP H. UNSINGER, OE GENEVA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GENEVA CUTLERY CORPORATION, OFVG-ENEV'A, NEW YORK, CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application filed May' 14, 1919. Serial No. 297,044.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known thatl, PHILir H. UNsrNGER, of Geneva, N. Y., in the countyV of Ontario, in the State of NewV York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety- Razors, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

llChis invention relates to improvements in mounts for razor blades Iand what are commonly called safety razors.

VThe object of this invention is to produce a mount which will hold, in operative position, the ordinary commercial blade usedv in safety razors, cheap and durable in con` struction and of great utility.

The invention relates more particularly to the detailed construction and operation thereof, the advantages of whichwill more fully appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the safety razor mount looking at it from the rear, in closed position holding the blade.

Fig. 2 is a section on line a-a, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on line bb, Fig. 2.

The razor mount comprises a base plate -1- preferably formed of sheet metal, having its front portion bent downwardly, as shown at 2, from the body of the plate and preferably lying at an obtuse angle to the body of the plate to constitute, when formed as hereinafter described, a guard bar 3- and a series of upwardly extending guard teeth -4-. Y

For this purpose the plate 1 has a portion cut away to form an elongated opening -5- bordered by relatively narrow side walls -6- which together with the bar -3- from which the teeth 4 extend, constitute the guard bar for the razor. The series of guard teeth 4 project into the opening -5- when the front portion of the plate -1 is bent downwardly about an axis extending throughthe intermediate portion of the side walls -6-, these teeth extending preferably forwardly toward a blade -8- when properly seated within the mount. The opening -5- extends some distance to the rear of the front edge of the blade -8--, and, as the teeth terminate beneath the blade, there is left a free passage between the blade for lather, etc., the front edge of the blade at the side portions being supported by the side walls -6- which in turn are' provided with stops -9- to properly .limit `and hold the blade -8- in position. These stops -9- may be formed in any suitable "manner, as by punching up parts of the plate -1-, or in any other suitable manner. The blade -8- is held in place upon the base --1-` by a holding and clamping member -10- connected to the rear of the base for pivotal or rocking movement to permit the separation of the parts to an extent, thereby allowing removal of the blade and to permit the easy cleaning of the structure. For this purpose the clamping-plate is formed with the substantially flat body portion -11- and one'edge thereof bent substantially U-shape, as shown in Fig. 2, and having itsrear edge portionsy formed with any suitable number of eyes -l2- adapted to engage and register laterally with eyes -18- upon the rear edge of the plate -1- so as to form a pivot in connection with Athe rod 14s-Q While I have shown a number the purpose` which will be presently explained. 21.-- is a spring rod shown best in Fig. '3 mounted at each end in the flanges -22- of the plate llso that when the clamping member, holding the razor blade, is forced downwardly, this rod -21- will engage or snap into the recess -20- and hold the clamping member, which in turn` carries the blade in a locked position.

To remove the blade, it is only necessary v to exert pressure on the rearfedge of the clamping member which will disengage the rod --21- from the recess -20- and allow it to rock sufficiently to remove the blade.

It Vwill be readily seen that, instead of passing the end of the handle through the base and providing a boss upon its lateral Y face, the inner face of the base may be provided with a recessed boss or `lug with which the spring 'engage for theV purpose ofV` holding the clamping member in locked en.` gagement With the base;v

`What I claim is '1. A mount for a razoriblade, comprising a base, one edge of Which terminates in a guard, a clamping member hinged to said base and adapted to hold a bladetherein, a handle adapted yto be inserted through said base, its end having a recess upon its lateral face and a spring engaging said recess to retain the clamping member in operabley position. v

2. In a safety razor a base. a clamping member pivotally secured to the base, a handle member: connected-to the base, one of said members having means disposed between the clamping member and the base,

' for removably engaging the other member.

Y A mount for a razor blade,v comprising a base having a boss upon its outerfaoe, one

edgeof which base terminates 'in a guard, a clamping memberhinged to saidv base adapted to retain a blade therein, a handle having a portion extending through said bossl and base the end of said handle having means upon r-its lateral face for engaging a spring, and a spring mounted Within the clamping member for the purposes set forth.

4. In a safety razor, a base member and a handle'member secured thereto, one of said members having. a .part projecting from the-base on theside ofthe ibase opposite the body of the handle and formed With a recess, a clamping member `mounted `on soV the base and having a spring rod movable y into'said recess for removably securing the parts in position to coniine a razor blade.

5. In a safety razor a base, a clamping member, a handle secured to the base and spring rod mounted in the clamping member and removably engaging the said handle to secure the parts in proper position to confine a razor blade. Y i.

In Witness lwhereof I,v have hereunto set my hand this Y3rd day of May 1919.

PHILIP H. UNSINGERQ Wtnesses: v i

A. D. AVERY, 'i

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